Places cpmaverick Wants to Go

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

A statue of the Soviet leader still stands in a quiet corner of Estonia’s most Russian city.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

The antique vehicle is a preserved relic of Chile's nitrate mining industry.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.